NAAPRA Honors Wall Street Journal’s Susan Carey With Eugene DuBois Award for Journalism Excellence
NEW YORK, June 2 /PRNewswire/ — The North American Airlines Public Relations Association (NAAPRA), an association comprising public relations representatives from commercial airlines, airports and industry partners, today announced that veteran aviation journalist Susan Carey of The Wall Street Journal is this year’s recipient of the prestigious “Eugene DuBois Award” for excellence in aviation journalism.
Presented annually to an aviation journalist who best exemplifies the highest levels of reporting and journalistic excellence, Ms. Carey was honored with the award at a luncheon held at the Peninsula Hotel New York and attended by previous award recipients, as well as the NAAPRA membership.
“Susan has been brilliantly covering the airline beat for many years and has long deserved industry recognition for her contributions to The Wall Street Journal and its readers. We look forward to continue to read her well- researched, informative and insightful stories,” said John Lampl, Vice President, Corporate Communications Americas for British Airways and NAAPRA’s Chairman.
Ms. Carey, a 25-year veteran of The Wall Street Journal, has covered the airline industry for 20 years, first in Brussels covering European aviation and aerospace, then in Hong Kong responsible for Asian airlines and aerospace. Since 1993 she has been based in Chicago covering airlines ranging from Hawaiian and Alaska to United and JetBlue. Born in France and raised in Central America, Ms. Carey started her journalism career in 1977 at The Arizona Republic, where, fittingly, she covered the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (PATCO) strike and the founding of America West.
About The Eugene DuBois Award
The Eugene DuBois Award was created in memory of Eugene DuBois, an outstanding airline public relations practitioner who spent most of his career at Eastern Airlines, and in 1973 was NAAPRA’s Chairman. Previous DuBois recipients include: Barbara Peterson of CondeNast Traveler (2005); J.A. Donoghue of Air Transport World (2004) and Steve Lott of Aviation Daily (2003).
About NAAPRA
Celebrating its 60th anniversary this year, NAAPRA was originally founded as the North American Public Relations Advisory Committee (NAPRAC) of IATA and established as a meeting ground for open discussion of common industry problems. Membership currently includes more than 50 active, associate and emeritus members representing nearly 40 commercial airlines and affiliated associations who meet monthly with the nation’s leading travel and aviation journalists.
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